Hat-pin protector.



G. E. HOOPS.

HAT PIN PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR-.8, 1911 1,016,943. Patented Feb. 13,1912.

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ENTTED STATEE PATENT @FFTQE.

CHARLES E. HOOPS, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

HAT-PIN PROTECTOR.

Application filed March 8, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES E. Hoors, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hat-Pin Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in hat pin protectors, and the object of the device is to provide a simple and effective device which may be easily and quickly positioned upon the projecting end of a hat pin to form an effective guard for the point of the pin and which at the same time may be readily removed from the point of the pin to allow the withdrawal of the pin from the hat.

lVith the above object in view, the invention resides in the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the improved protector showing the same in applied position upon a hat pin. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view taken through the protector and illustrating, by the dotted lines, the arm of the protector in its unlocked position.

In the accompanying drawings, the numeral 1 designates an ordinary hat pin for ladies use, the same being provided with the usual ornamental head 2.

The numeral 3 designates the hat pin protector. This protector 3 comprises essentially a body member formed of a single piece of resilient material. The said body member has its front portion 4 provided with an ornamental head 5, and the free end of the said front member 4 is formed with a lip 6. Extending from the opposite end of the front member 4 and inclined rearwardly is the member or portion 7 and from this portion is extended what I term one of the pin engaging arms which is designated by the numeral 8. This arm is bent upon itself and continued rearwardly to form the co- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 13, 1912.

Serial No. 612,992.

operating arm 9. The inner portion of the said arm is bent at an angle and its free extremity is adapted to engage with the lip of the portion 4-. By this arrangement it will be noted that the arms may be readily spread apart when desired, or that the said arms may be locked to sustain a pin therebetween. The juncture of the arms is provided with a suitable opening 10, the latter being adapted for the reception of the pin and the inner faces of the said arms are each provided with longitudinally extending centrally arranged depressions 11 and 12, the same registering with the opening 10 and adapted to form a pocket for the reception of the pin.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the simplicity of the device as well as the advantages thereof, will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such inventions appertain and while I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of the improvement, minor changes in size, shape, proportion etc., may be resorted to, if desired.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new, is

A hat pin protector formed of a single piece of flattened resilient material, the said member comprising a pair of closely adjacent substantially parallel arms, the inner faces of each of the arms having registering grooves, the juncture of the arms having an opening communicating with the grooves, both of the arms having their extremities arranged at oppositely disposed angles, one of the said arms being further bent to provide a head, the head being incut to form a lip, and the said lip adapted to be engaged by the opposite arm of the device.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES E. HOOPS.

WVitnesses:

JOHN F. OAHALIN, EARL W. MoGHnE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

